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He is a fantastic player, very much like Deco and i would like to see him brought through as his eventual replacement. Fantasic at dead ball situatuons as well, the vision and passing is top class.

True, and lets hope that Deco can go on for just as long. And in the meantime get his replacement lined up. In my opinion we have one comming through our own ranks in Sergio Tejera.

Fantastic result from us and another great performance. We have had a very good start to the season so far and now we have to keep going.

It's a damn shame we didn't get Deco years ago!! Your right the link up play with Lamps is incredible.

Was a bloody shocking descision. It should 100% be taken off JT, but i don't fancy our chances much of it happening which is the joke of this whole thing.

Brendan Rodgers........

Steve Clarke was clearly an important figure amongst the coaching staff for various reasons. His loss will affect us, and i think it is only right that Chelsea firstly were allowed to fight to try and keep him and secondly that we get some compensation for losing him to the inbred pikey's. Yes if Steve is determined to leave then fine, but we can't always bend over to accept everyones demands.

He has been incredible for us so far this season, to hit the ground running in the way he has is no easy feat and he has certainly brought a new dimention to our play. Lets hope it can continue for him in this way.

When was Clarke treated badly? Was he treated badly because he wasn't offered the top job? I can't understand his reason for wanting to leave to do effectively the same job at West Ham.

Roumers are that Clarke has left and will move to West Ham to assist Zola. Not sure how reliable these roumers are though, but it is in a few of the papers this morning. If Clarke does go i would like to see Brendan Rodgers take up Clarke's role under Scolari, Brendan is an excellant coach.

Have to wish him all the best really. If we want him one day to manage Chelsea he will have to do a good job there with the Hammers.

Well i am sure the players are just as bemused as the rest of us as to why a top player would leave Madrid to go to Man City. But this has been discussed at length now, he backed himself into a corner and either Real wouldn't accept our bid or we wouldn't go as high as city.....

It is getting very silly the way the FA keep singling us out for charges for anything and everything they can possibly think of! Will Man you be charged for failing to control their players????

Boilesen, 16, is scheduled to undergo trials at both Old Trafford and Stamford Bridge later this month, meaning the two rivals are in line for another tug-of-war over an up-and-coming youngster similar to their infamous battle for John Mikel Obi's services three years ago. On that occasion it was the west London club who eventually emerged with the midfield player for a fee of £12 million, even though the Nigeria international had initially signed for Sir Alex Ferguson's side. "United are my favourite club. But I am very proud that two such big clubs are watching me," said Boilesen, who skippered Denmark Under-21s to a 6-1 thrashing of their England counterparts last month. "Whether it is in Denmark or abroad, only time will tell," he added. "For now, I am just coming to England to train with United and Chelsea." Boilesen, known back in his homeland as 'the new Daniel Agger', is considered to be one of the best defenders in his age group on the Continent and has already attracted interest from some of Europe's top clubs, including Ligue 1 outfit Monaco. Source: Telegraph

Lol, yes which i think was far more dangerous to the world that this big bang experiment..

Love the hysteria over this experiment!! Wouldn't be the first time a scientific experiment has had people predicting the end of the world!!!

Ah, those cheeky Scousers! what an absolute bunch of scumbags they are

Are you saying that Clarke has no choice but to work under Scolari? Clearly he wasn't happy working with Grant, and who can blame him, but he certainly seems happy enough working with Scolari and i think that came across very well when he was on Chelsea TV phone in a while ago.

We have still got 2 players for every position, which leaves us cover all over the park - and quality cover too. Has Anelka had a poor start to the season? I certainly wouldn't say so, he has missed some chances to score, OK but i think he has still done well so far. Also we have Di Santo for striker cover. It was certainly time for Maka to move on, i don't think there was any doubt of that, and we have enough midfielders to cover. We are sitting top of the league at the moment, and we have lost 1 player to a long term injury. I don't think it is time to start worrying yet. Our squad is top class, it is certainly smaller than last season thats for sure but if you ask me thats a good thing.

I may be stating the obvious, but why would Steve want to leave being number 2 at Chelsea behind Scolari to being number 2 at West Ham under Zola. If Steve leaves it will be to be a number 1 somewhere surely?

Missing one player long term isn't going to kill us. It was said all along and it was the right thing to do to trim the squad right down. Scolari wanted Deco and Robinho - he got Deco missed out on Robinho but was clearly happy to carry on without him if it didn't happen. One of the reasons for the smaller squad is so that Scolari can have space to bring through some young players, he is a man who has done this in the past and looks set to do it again which is one of the clubs long term policies. If problems become so desperate then the young players are going to have to step which is what we want to see. I don't see a major problem just because Essien is out for a long time. We can cope, it will become difficult if more injuries get picked up but how can you ever predict that.

Michael Essien suffered a knee injury playing for Ghana on Friday. He has ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament and will undergo an operation as soon as the majority of the swelling has subsided. We expect this to happen in a week's time. In the meantime Michael has started rehab in the aqua therapy centre at Cobham which will improve the condition of the knee prior to surgery. A return to full fitness is not expected for several months Source: Chelsea FC

I am sure they are, it is not exactly the most straight forward appointment by West Ham for many reasons. Just hope it doesn't go badl wrong for him if he does go there..

Having Mikel back is a massive boost...... Not sure what the injury situation is like with Ballack but having Mikel back is excellant news. We have quite a few games comming up now for the rest of September and we need as many fit players as possible to get through them all without any serious problems...

With Ballack and Mikel also injury concerns it does also leave us very thin, lets just hope that Frank and Deco stay fit!!!